STABLE AND TRACK NOTES

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 204, 29 August 1934, Page 14

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES

TO RACE OVER HURDLES. Palmary is the latest aspirant for jumping honours in the south. He may have his first start over hurdles at the Otago Hunt Club's meeting next Saturday. Though he is not brilliant, he etuys well on the flat, so he may develop into a good prospect for long-distance hurdle events. JOINED TAKANINI STABLE. , The three-ear-old Spearcourt, by Speardance from Avoncourt, has been leased to Mr. J. Fraser-Smith and has joined A. Tinker's stable at Takanini. Spearcourt, who had his first start in the Sylvia Park Handicap at the Pakuranga meeting, is a good-looking novice likely to. turn out well when he has had more racing experience. DOING GOOD WORK. Latest reports from Kew Plymouth state that Leo Colossus is training on satisfactorily at that centre and ds expected to show up in his engagements at the Hunt meeting. He is to bo ridden by K. Voitre jn the Waverley Handicap to-morrow, and if he reproduces his latest track form he should be in the picture at the finish of that event.

ABSENT FROM THE TRACK. Morehu has been absent from the track during the past week, due to an injury to one of her feet ae the result of picking up a nail. The wound is being given careful treatment by her trainer, F. Stenning, and no serious complications are expected. The daughter of Lapidary was doing exceptionally well before the mishap occurred, but the injury is likely to put her back a good deal. HAS HAD. LITTLE EXPERIENCE. Modern Maid, who has been located at Ellerslie since the Pakuranga. meeting, hit out with, plenty of freedom in a half-mile sprint on the No. 3 grass track yesterday morning. Although a five-year-old, this mare has done little racing, but she looks the part and has shown encouraging speed da h£r last two contests. Modern Maid is a half-sister to Quinopal, but shows more quality than her relative. FUTURE APPEARS BRIGHT. When Killadar came to Ellerslie at the beginning of the winter he was a bit ragged-looking, and he now looks a vastly improved gelding. He has also put on a lot of condition during the last month and is in great order to commence the new season. Killadar showed promise last season, and as he comes from a hardy racing family a good future looks assured for the four-year-old son of Kilbroney.

SHOWING PROMISING SPEED. Gold Mission, who is engaged in the Wereroa Scurry at the Egniont-Wauganui Hunt meeting to-morrow, is trained by H. Dulieu at New Plymouth. She has been snowing a lot of speed in her track work of late and last Saturday morning beat Amyril over half a mile, the time being the fastest registered over that particular distance. H. Wiggins has been engaged to ride Gold Mission in the Scurry. ' RACE SHOULD BENEFIT HIM. When Landlubber contested the Auckland Handicap at the Pakuranga Hunt meeting he had not raced for some time and was carrying, a bit of surplus condition. Nevertheless, he ran a creditable race and the run is likely to benefit him a good deal. Landlubber ie engaged in the Whenuakura Handicap at New Plymouth to-morrow, and slight improvement on his Ellerslie form will find him hard to beat in that event. j

SHOWED EARLY PROMISE. Barn Dance, who recently resumed work after a loug spell, is getting through a steady preparation at headquarters and is thriving on the tasks allotted him. When raced as a two-year-old Barn Dance showed a fair amount of promise, but owing to minor accidents of various kinds has had no opportunities to make good since then. He has 'grown, into a. solid-looking four-year-old, and when properly seasoned more k likely to be heard of him.

WILL BE SUITED BY GOING. In the past Orapai has always run his best races when the sting has been out of the ground, and he will nave the going to suit him at New Plymouth to-morrow. The field opposed to Orapai in the Waihou Handicap contains several smart sprinters, though some of them have had no recent racing and may hardly be forward enough i to see out a solidly run six furlongs. The! latest gallops registered by Ornpai have been good, and if he runs up to them to-morrow he will be troublesome.